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One of the authors of the posted article Dmitry Sklyarov of the "United States vs. ElcomSoft and Dmitry Sklyarov" fame [0] was arrested by the FBI in 2001 for g
by lr1970 5y ago
One of the authors of the posted article Dmitry Sklyarov of the "United States vs. ElcomSoft and Dmitry Sklyarov" fame [0] was arrested by the FBI in 2001 for giving a talk at the DEF CON exposing the weaknesses in the Adobe e-book copy protection.
After spending time in federal detention Dmitry was released and returned to Russia. The charges against him were dropped.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Elcom_Ltd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Elcom_Ltd.
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- mlindner 5y agoYour link doesn't actually say the same thing as your post. The charges weren't dropped. He was tried and found not guilty.
- tfvlrue 5y ago> The U.S. government agreed to drop all charges filed against Sklyarov, provided that he testify at the trial of his company. I think the confusion is that there were charges filed against both him and the company he worked for, the former of which were dropped if he testified at company's trial (which was ultimately found not guilty).